2025 ICC Champions Trophy knockout stage

The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy knockout stage was played between the top 4 teams from the group stage. It consisted of two semi-finals, played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on 4 March and the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on 5 March, and the final played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on 9 March.

Rules

Both the semi-finals and the final have reserve days. If a reserve day comes into play, the match would not be restarted but instead resumed from the previous day's play, if there was any.

• In case a semi-final ends in a tie, the winner will be decided by a Super Over. If the result is not possible in a semi-final (including reserve day), the team finishing higher in its group stage will advance to the final.
• If a final ends in a tie, the winner will be decided by a Super Over. If the result is not possible in the final (including reserve day), the teams will be declared as joint winners. ^[1]

The match officials for the semi-finals were announced on 3 March 2025. ^[2]

Qualification

Main article: 2025 ICC Champions Trophy group stage

• Group A: On 24 February 2025, India and New Zealand qualified for the semi-finals after New Zealand's victory over Bangladesh. ^[3] India progressed to semi-final 1, while New Zealand progressed to semi-final 2. ^[4]

• Group B: On 28 February 2025, Australia qualified for the semi-finals after sharing a point with Afghanistan due to rain in Lahore. ^[5] On 1 March 2025, South Africa qualified for the semi-finals after beating England. ^[6]

Qualification		Semi-finals
		Semi-final 1	Semi-final 2
Advanced from the group stage (Top 2 teams from each group)	A	India	New Zealand
	B	Australia	South Africa
Source: ESPNcricinfo [7]

Venues

Further information: 2025 ICC Champions Trophy § Venues

The ICC stated that if India qualifies for the semi-finals, they would play in Semi-final 1 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 4th March and if they qualify for final then it would held in Dubai or else in Gaddafi Stadium. ^[8]

Venue in Pakistan		Venue in UAE
Lahore		Dubai
Gaddafi Stadium		Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 34,000		Capacity: 25,000
Semi-final 2		Semi-final 1 & Final

Bracket

The tournament bracket is shown below, with bold denoting the winners of each match.

	Semi-finals					Final v t e
	A1	India	267/6 (48.1 overs)
	B2	Australia	264 (49.3 overs)
						SF1W	India	254/6 (49 overs)
						SF2W	New Zealand	251/7 (50 overs)
	B1	South Africa	312/9 (50 overs)
	A2	New Zealand	362/6 (50 overs)

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

4 March 2025 13:00  UTC+4 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia   264 (49.3 overs)	v	India 267/6 (48.1 overs)
Steve Smith 73 (96) Mohammed Shami 3/48 (10 overs)		Virat Kohli 84 (98) Nathan Ellis 2/49 (10 overs)

India won by 4 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Virat Kohli (Ind) played in his 50th ODI against Australia becoming the third Indian batter after Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni to achieve this feat. ^[9]
• Virat Kohli (Ind) surpassed Rahul Dravid's record (334) of most catches by an Indian outfielder in international cricket across all formats. He also overtook Ricky Ponting (160) for the second-most catches by an outfielder in ODIs. ^[10]
• Steve Smith became the fifth-highest run scorer in international cricket for Australia, surpassing Michael Clarke. ^[11]
• Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill (Ind) became the 3rd fastest to get to 2000 runs as a pair (33 innings). ^[12]
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) surpassed Chris Gayle for the most sixes in ICC ODI events. ^[13]
• Virat Kohli (Ind) completed 8,000 runs while chasing in ODIs, becoming the second player after Sachin Tendulkar to achieve this milestone. ^[14]
• Virat Kohli (Ind) became India's highest run-getter in Champions Trophy, surpassing Shikhar Dhawan’s 701 runs. ^[15]
• Virat Kohli (Ind) became the second batter in history, after Ricky Ponting, to complete 12,000 ODI runs at the No. 3 batting position. ^[16]
• Virat Kohli (Ind) became the first ever cricketer to score 1,000 runs and 10 fifty-plus scores in ICC knockout matches. ^[17]
• Virat Kohli (Ind) scored his 24th 50+ score in ICC ODI events, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record (23). ^[18]
• Adam Zampa (Aus) became the highest wicket-taker amongst spinners for Australia in ICC ODI events.
• KL Rahul (Ind) completed 3,000 runs in 77 innings in ODIs. ^[19]
• India qualified for the third consecutive final in Champions Trophy. ^[20]
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) became the first captain to reach the final in all four ICC men's tournaments. ^[21]
• Steve Smith (Aus) played in his last ODI match. ^[22]
• India surpassed Australia with 14 ICC final appearances, the most in history. ^[23]

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Semi-final 2

5 March 2025 14:00  UTC+5 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand   362/6 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 312/9 (50 overs)
Rachin Ravindra 108 (101) Lungi Ngidi 3/72 (10 overs)		David Miller 100* (67) Mitchell Santner 3/43 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 50 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Rachin Ravindra (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kane Williamson (NZ) became New Zealand's highest run-scorer in the Champions Trophy. ^[24]
• Kane Williamson (NZ) completed 19,000 runs in international cricket. ^[25]
• Kane Williamson becsme the first batter to score three consecutive centuries against South Africa in ODIs. ^[26]
• Rachin Ravindra (NZ) became the second-youngest and second-fastest Kiwi batter to reach five ODI centuries in 28 innings. He held the record for the most centuries for New Zealand in ICC ODI events and also had the most centuries for New Zealand in Champions Trophy history. ^[27]
• This was the highest team total in history of Champions Trophy. ^[28]
• Aiden Markram (SA) completed 1,000 runs in ICC limited-over tournaments.
• David Miller (SA) smashed the fastest century in Champions Trophy history. ^[29]
• This was the first instance of three individual centuries in a ICC Champions Trophy match. ^[26]
• This was the highest match aggregate (674) involving South Africa & New Zealand in ODIs. ^[26]

Final

Main article: 2025 ICC Champions Trophy final

9 March 2025 13:00  UTC+4 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand   251/7 (50 overs)	v	India 254/6 (49 overs)
Daryl Mitchell 63 (101) Kuldeep Yadav 2/40 (10 overs)		Rohit Sharma 76 (83) Michael Bracewell 2/28 (10 overs)

India won by 4 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Ind)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) equalled Brian Lara's record of 12th consecutive toss losses in ODIs. ^[30]
• Daryl Mitchell (NZ) completed 1,000 runs in ICC limited-over tournaments.
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) completed 1,000 ODI runs against New Zealand. ^[31] He also completed 2,500 ODI runs as captain. ^[32]
• Shreyas Iyer (Ind) completed 1,000 international runs against New Zealand (NZ).
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) scored his first fifty in an ICC tournament final. ^[33]
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) became the first captain to win the Player of the Match award in the final of the Champions Trophy. ^[34]
• Rohit Sharma became the second Indian captain after MS Dhoni to win multiple ICC trophies. ^[35]
• India won their record third Champions Trophy title after 2002 and 2013. ^[36]

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External links

• 2025 ICC Champions Trophy at ESPNcricinfo